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DSST Introduction To The Modern Middle East
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1. Statement issued by Britain's Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour in 1917 favoring the establishment of a Jewish national homeland in Palestine.
Mehmet Ali
Caliphate
'Urabi Revolt
Balfour Declaration
2. An agreement brokered by Norway after months of secret negotiations between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in 1993. By its terms Israel and the PLO recognized each other.
Ayatollah Khomeini
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Hizbollah
Oslo Accord
3. Agreements between the Ottoman Empire and European powers that gave European bankers and merchants high advantages.
Janissaries
Capitulations
Camp David Accords
Tanzimat
4. The democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran who helped nationalize the oil industry. He was overthrown by a CIA coup in 1963.
Safavid Empire
Muhammad Mosaddiq
Millet System
Valide Sultan
5. Party of God. Shi'a militant organization that called for the creation of an Islamic state in Lebanon
Caliphate
Ayatollah Khomeini
Hizbollah
Baghdad Pact
6. Infantry - originally of slave origin - armed with firearms and constituting the elite of the Ottoman army from the fifteenth century until the corps was wiped out on the Sultan's orders in 1826.
First Gulf War
Intifada
Abdul Mejid II
Janissaries
7. 1955 - A treaty supported by the West that united the defenses of Iraq - Turkey - Pakistan - and Iran - to counter the threat of the expansion of the Soviet Union.
1973 Yom Kippur War
Sa'd Zaghlul
Ibn Sa'ud
Baghdad Pact
8. With help from the British (specifically - T.E. Lawrence) - Sharif Husayn bin Ali of Mecca led a revolt against the Ottoman Empire - in order to create an independent Arab nation. He won the battle - but received no country.
Anwar Sadat
Ba'th Party
Arab Revolt of 1916
Intifada
9. Group of young Egyptian military officers - led by Nasser - which overthrew the monarchy and British advisors in 1952.
Crimean War
Abdul Mejid II
Young Turks
Free Officers
10. Shi'ite philosopher and cleric who led the overthrow of the shah of Iran in the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and created an Islamic republic.
Jurji Zaydan
Capitulations
Ayatollah Khomeini
Baghdad Pact
11. Successor of Nasser and served as President of Egypt from 1970-1981; allowed the Muslim Brotherhood to operate as a political party; made peace with Israel in 1978; caused Egypt to be expelled from the Arab League; assassinated by Khalid Islambuli in
Saddam Husayn
Anwar Sadat
1973 Yom Kippur War
Jurji Zaydan
12. The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem from 1921 to 1948 - famous for his cooperation with the Nazis against the Jews.
Crimean War
Mohammed Amin al-Husayni
Anwar Sadat
Ayatollah Khomeini
13. A conflict - lasting from 1853 to 1856 - in which the Ottoman Empire - with the aid of Britain and France - halted Russian expansion in the region of the Black Sea.
Crimean War
Mehmet Ali
Jizya
Sunni
14. Turkish nationalist leader who became the first president of modern Turkey in the 1920's and set about to modernize and Westernize Turkey - including making it more secular. Lasted for 15 years.
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
Yasir Arafat
Capitulations
Reza Khan
15. Branch of Islam believing that God vests leadership of the community in a descendant of Muhammad's son-in-law Ali. Mainly found in Iran and a small part of Iraq. It is the state religion of Iran.
16. A loyal member of the Ba'th party and the dictator of Iraq from 1979 to 2003. Extended the Ba'th influence in all aspects of Iraqi society.
Saddam Husayn
Sa'd Zaghlul
Balfour Declaration
Abdallah
17. An empire formed by Turkish and Persian Sunnis - lasting from 1037 to 1194 A.D.
Saddam Husayn
Seljuk Empire
Faysal
Great Revolt of 1936-1939
18. Son of Sharif Husayn; leader of Arab Revolt; later king of Iraq.
Crimean War
Oslo Accord
Faysal
Sa'd Zaghlul
19. A war fought in June - 1967 - between Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt - Jordan - and Syria - in which Israel captured large tracts of Arab territory. Also called the June War.
United Arab Republic
Mehmed II
Six-Day War
Saddam Husayn
20. A system used by the Ottomans whereby subjects were divided into religious communities - with each millet (nation) enjoying autonomous self-government under its religious leaders.
Millet System
Great Revolt of 1936-1939
Saddam Husayn
Yasir Arafat
21. Son of Sharif Husayn; ruler of Trans-Jordan and later first king of Jordan.
Jurji Zaydan
Abdallah
Mehmed II
Tanzimat
22. Leader of Egyptian's nationalist Wafd party; his exile by the British brought about the 1919 Egyptian Revolution - and later negotiations led to limited Egyptian independence in 1922.
23. 'Shaking off;' Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip - beginning in 1987.
Reza Khan
Tanzimat
Safavid Empire
Intifada
24. Albanian; went to Eygpt with the Ottoman expeditionary force to drive out the French; ruler of Eygpt; instituted several Westernized reforms; put private lands under state control.
'Urabi Revolt
Arab Revolt of 1916
Mehmet Ali
Suez Crisis
25. A failed union of Egypt and Syria under Nasser that lasted from 1958 to 1961.
Caliphate
Capitulations
United Arab Republic
Mehmed II
26. A form of Islamic constitutional republic.
Jizya
Caliphate
Ottoman Empire
Mehmet Ali
27. Secularist political party founded in 1947 - mixing Arab nationalist and Arab socialist interests - opposed to what it sees as 'Western imperialism' and calling for the 'renaissance' or 'resurrection' of the Arab World and its unity into one state.
28. British administrator in Egypt - later the Earl of Cromer; reformed economy to improve peasants while still maintaining commercial interests there.
Ottoman Empire
Mehmet Ali
Evelyn Baring
Valide Sultan
29. The last caliph of Islam from the Ottoman Dynasty.
Abdul Mejid II
Six-Day War
Taif Accord
'Urabi Revolt
30. Ottoman sultan called the 'Conqueror'; responsible for conquest of Constantinople in 1453; destroyed what remained of Byzantine Empire.
Capitulations
Mehmed II
1973 Yom Kippur War
Faysal
31. The majority branch of Islam - whose members acknowledge the first four caliphs as the rightful successors of Muhammad.
Oslo Accord
Sunni
Abdallah
Gamal Abdel Nasser
32. A war (1990-1991) that took place between Iraq and the U.S./Kuwait started by Iraq invading Kuwait; First non-containment based war since WWII; Often referred to as Operation Desert Storm; Iraq lost badly.
First Gulf War
United Arab Republic
Balfour Declaration
1948 Arab-Israeli War
33. A Palestine-wide rebellion against Zionists and British; put down harshly by the latter.
Iran-Iraq War
Anwar Sadat
Young Turks
Great Revolt of 1936-1939
34. Egypt and Syria attacked Israel in October 1973 (on Yom Kippur); Israel counterattacked - drove the Syrians back - and crossed the Suez Canal into Egypt.
Six-Day War
Yasir Arafat
1973 Yom Kippur War
Saddam Husayn
35. Prime Minister - then Shah of Iran: Goal was to free Iran from foreign rule and modernize it - but was less successful than his contemporary - Ataturk.
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Reza Khan
Janissaries
Abdallah
36. Peace treaty between Egypt and Israel - signed in 1979. Israel agreed to withdraw its military from the Gaza Strip and West Bank; Egypt recognized Israel as a state.
Faysal
Mehmed II
Camp David Accords
Baghdad Pact
37. Iraq invaded Iran on September 22 - 1980 - following a long history of border disputes and triggered by an assassination attempt on their foreign minister.
Iran-Iraq War
Arab Revolt of 1916
Oslo Accord
Ba'th Party
38. Socialism which emphasized the state's responsibility for guiding the economy. Usually went hand in hand with strong authoritarian governments. Unlike Marxism - it takes Islam into account - has an element of nationalism to it - and lacks a proletari
Six-Day War
Abdul Mejid II
Arab Socialism
Jizya
39. Uprising in Egypt led by Ahmad Urabi. Despite wide support - it was crushed by the British.
40. Islamic state founded by Osman in northwestern Anatolia ca. 1300. After the fall of the Byzantine Empire - the Ottoman Empire was based in Istanbul (formerly Constantinople) from 1453 to 1922. After World War I - the Allies partitioned it into protec
Balfour Declaration
Valide Sultan
Great Revolt of 1936-1939
Ottoman Empire
41. Group of revolutionary and nationalistic Turks who revolted against Ottoman empire in 1908 - attempting to bring reform - and then sided with the central powers in WWI.
Arab Revolt of 1916
Young Turks
Taif Accord
Six-Day War
42. Head tax paid by all nonbelievers in Islamic territories.
Shi'a
Jizya
Sa'd Zaghlul
Hizbollah
43. First leader of PLO- Palestinian liberation organization. Used aggressive terrorism to try to destroy Israel. Very actice throughout the 1970's and 1980's. To try to make peace with Israel - was put incharge of Palestinean Authority (PA).
Yasir Arafat
Hizbollah
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
Mohammed Amin al-Husayni
44. The largest Christian group in Lebanon.
Yasir Arafat
Maronite
Shi'a
Mehmet Ali
45. 'Restructuring' reforms by the nineteenth-century Ottoman rulers - intended to move civil law away from the control of religious elites and make the military and the bureacracy more efficient.
Safavid Empire
Arab Socialism
Tanzimat
Saddam Husayn
46. The mother of an Ottoman Sultan - ruler of the harem and a very powerful woman - especially if her son was very young.
Caliphate
Valide Sultan
Muhammad Mosaddiq
Free Officers
47. Brought most of the tribes of Najd under his authority and allied with Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab to create the state of Saudi Arabia - defeating the House of Rashid and the Ottoman Empire.
48. Iranian kingdom (1502-1722) established by Ismail Safavi - who declared Iran a Shi'ite state. It claimed power based on its blood ties to Muhammad.
Safavid Empire
Yasir Arafat
First Gulf War
United Arab Republic
49. Took power following the overthrow of the monarchy. Came to power in 1954; Suez crisis was two years later. Gained great reputation at home for his handling of the crisis. Espoused a form of Pan-Arabism called Nasserism - resulting in Egypt joining w
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Anwar Sadat
Sa'd Zaghlul
Hizbollah
50. Zionist leaders declared independence and declared the Republic of Israel. Syria - Lebanon - Jordan - Egypt and Iraq refused to recognize the nation and went to war. Arabs invaded - Israeli won.
1948 Arab-Israeli War
Mohammed Amin al-Husayni
Sunni
Muhammad Mosaddiq